#DiversityBingo2017

January 18, 2017

Welcome to #DiversityBingo2017! If this is the first time you’re hearing about it, make sure to check out Hailey’s awesome announcement video, in which she explains the purpose of this kick-ass TBR challenge and provides links to all the wonderful people who helped to create it.

In short, this bingo sheet is a fantastic way to add more diverse books to your 2017 TBR, to spread awareness in the reading community about some truly marvelous titles and authors, and to encourage authors and readers to continue to make diversity a priority.

So, the goal: find and read a book that can apply to each of the boxes listed in the image below:

And, if you feel so inclined to help spread the word, please take the time to write a review, a blog post, tweet about each book using #diversitybingo2017, or even talk to friends, family members and fellow book club members about what you’ve been reading and why.

Did you, like a lot of readers we’ve heard from, want to participate but were having trouble finding titles for all the boxes? We’ve got you covered! In this post, we’re going to list several books that can be read and applied toward them, with an emphasis on books that can be applied toward multiple boxes, so that if you already have one box filled out but desperately want to read a specific title, you can do so, and apply it to a box that you haven’t yet checked off.

Not sure what “Own Voices” means? Or you think one of the books listed could apply to a category we didn’t mention? Spot a discrepancy in the list? Is one of the titles somehow problematic? Feel free to post a comment. This is a judgement free zone, and we’d like the list to be as accurate as possible.

You can also head over to Goodreads for even more recs on the #diversitybingo2017 list that I created.

Title & author: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David LevithanCategory & genre: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction

Neuro Diverse MC (Own Voices)

Title & author: On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
Category & genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Other boxes this could apply to: Own Voices, MC of Color in SFF

Title & author: Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism by Jeannie Davide-RiveraCategory & genre: Non Fiction, AutobiographyOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voices, Diverse Non Fiction

Title & author: Nothing is Right by Michael Scott Monje Jr.Category & genre: Fiction, Realistic FictionOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voices

Title & author: Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder RobinsonCategory & genre: Non Fiction, AutobiographyOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voices, Diverse Non Fiction

Retelling w MC Belonging to LGBTQIA+

Title & author: As I Descended by Robin TalleyCategory & genre: Young Adult, Retelling

Title & author: None of the Above by I.W. GregorioCategory & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Non-Western Real World Setting

Title & author: The Secret Sky by Atia AbawiCategory & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary RomanceOther boxes this could apply to: Book by Author of Color, Own Voices, Arab MC (Own Voices)

Title & author: Bombay Blues by Tanuja Desai HidierCategory & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary RomanceOther boxes this could apply to: Book by Author of Color, Own Voices, Indian MC (Own Voices), PoC on the Cover

Title & author: The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al MansourCategory & genre: Middle Grade, Realistic FictionOther boxes this could apply to: Book by Author of Color, Own Voices, PoC on the Cover, West Asian Settings, Arab MC (Own Voices)

Title & author: Waiting by Ha JinCategory & genre: Fiction, HistoricalOther boxes this could apply to: Book by Author of Color, Own Voices

Arab MC (Own Voices)

Title & author: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Category & genre: Non Fiction, Autobiography
Other boxes this could apply to: Diverse Non Fiction, Own Voice, Book by Author of Color, West Asian Setting

Title & author: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee AhdiehCategory & genre: Young Adult, RetellingOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voice, Book by Author of Color, West Asian Setting, MC of Color in SFF

Title & author: If You Could Be Mine by Sara FarizanCategory & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary RomanceOther boxes this could apply to: Non-Western Real World Setting, West Asian Setting, LGBTQIA+ MC of Color, Own Voices

Title & author: The Servant by Fatima SharafeddineCategory & genre: Young Adult, Historical FictionOther boxes this could apply to: Non-Western Real World Setting, West Asian Setting, Own Voices

MC w Wheelchair

Title & author: The Season of You & Me by Robin Constantine
Category & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance

Title & author: The Last Leaves Falling by Fox Benwell
Category & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Pansexual MC (Own Voices)

Title & author: Seven Ways We Lie by Riley RedgateCategory & genre: Young Adult, ContemporaryOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voices

Title & author: The Melody of You and Me by M. HollisCategory & genre: New Adult, ContemporaryOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voices

Title & author: Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler
Category & genre: New Adult, Romance

Title & author: First and First by Santino Hassell
Category & genre: Adult Fiction, Romance

***I NEED RECS FOR THIS CATEGORY***

I’ve done quite a bit of research on this one, folks, and it’s the ONLY one I’m struggling to find multiple books for. I’ve scrolled through endless GR lists with the term “pansexual” only to find it’s mostly MFM erotica written predominantly by cis-het white women (oh, the irony). The titles that stood out from the crowd led to more research, namely internet stalking authors to see whether their books are in own voice. I feel like a creep. Anyone know of any awesome pansexual own voice list that I missed? Or know of a title that applies? HAAAAALP.

Black MC (Own Voices)

Title & author: Pointe by Brandy Colbert
Category & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Other boxes this could apply to: PoC on the Cover, Book by Author of Color, Own Voices

Title & author: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Category & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Other boxes this could apply to: PoC on the Cover, Book by Author of Color, Own Voices

Title & author: Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn JohnsonCategory & genre: Young Adult, Science FictionOther boxes this could apply to: Book by Author of Color, Own Voices, MC of Color in SFF

Title & author: Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Christina C. JonesCategory & genre: Adult Fiction, RomanceOther boxes this could apply to: Book by Author of Color, Own Voices,

Title & author: Purple Hibiscus by Chimimanda Ngozi AdichieCategory & genre: Fiction, HistoricalOther boxes this could apply to: Book by Author of Color, Own Voices, PoC on the Cover

MC on the ACE Spectrum (Own Voices)

Title & author: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireCategory & genre: Young Adult, MysteryOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voices

Title & author: Fourth World by Lyssa ChiavariCategory & genre: Young Adult, Science FictionOther boxes this could apply to: Own Voices, PoC on the Cover, LGBTQIA+ MC of Color, MC of Color in SFF

LGBTQIA+ MC of Color

Title & author: Juliet Takes a Breath, by Gabby Rivera
Category & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Other boxes this could apply to: Latinx MC (own voices), Book by Author of Color, PoC on the Cover

Title & author: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzCategory & genre: Young Adult, ContemporaryOther boxes this could apply to: Latinx MC (own voices), Book by Author of Color

Title & author: Not Your Sidekick by C.B. LeeCategory & genre: Young Adult, FantasyOther boxes this could apply to: PoC on the Cover, Book by Author of Color, Own Voices, LGBTQIA+ MC of Color

Visually Impaired MC

Title & author: Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom
Category & genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance

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6 Comments

Dahlia Adler

January 18, 2017

Goodreads doesn’t let you add your own books, but OUT ON GOOD BEHAVIOR has a pansexual MC, and so does FIRST AND FIRST by Santino Hassell; I’ll add the latter to the list now. Also, just a heads-up that SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN and EVERY DAY aren’t #ownvoices, and GOLDEN BOY is an intersex MC, not non-binary (and not #ownvoices either, I don’t think). I’m adding more books to the GR list to hopefully help, though!

navessaallen

January 19, 2017

Thank you so much, Dahlia! I’ve already removed symptoms of being human, but we’re having cache issues with the site right now, so the fix isn’t showing up. UGH. I’ll change the others today, and add your recs.

navessaallen

Inkling

January 21, 2017

Great recs, I’m so happy to see “Five Flavors of Dumb” on your list! I’d like to also recommend “Home of the Brave” by Katherine Applegate for refugee story. It’s a Middle Grades book, but a beautiful verse fiction story. I have worked with refugee students in the past and it’s a story that rang true to them. The mix of old vs. new life, the trauma and loss of the past, plus the struggle for identity – beautifully told and accessible for the GR 4-8 audience.